26 Million Views / Dhar Mann Studios The Villian is Not a Villian It is wonderful to work with actors who give their all to their performance. “Karen Haresses Elderly Cashier” was my first time working with Colleen Bowling. She fully commits to her character and is very convincing in her portrayls. Colleen is such …
28 Million Views / Dhar Mann Second Time Around It was such a wonderful experience working with Reggie Luck and Kennedy C. Hall again. My first experience working with Reggiewas when he portrayed my son in “13 Year Old Won’t Listen To His Mom.” Kennedy and I had worked together previoulsy on “Man Pretends …
23 Million Views / Dhar Mann Studios Homeless is a worldwide societal issue, which has been examined many times in Dhar Mann Studios projects. In “Karen Humiiates Homeless Lady” Crystal Lujan, who portrays the homeless lady is embrassed and humiliated by Elsie Muller for attempting to eat food that a restaurant customer has left. Having …
20 Million Views / Dhar Mann Studios This project gave me a very minor take of what it would mean to be homeless and be subjected to complete humiliation. When the other actor threw his drink on him, I was overcome with emotion. I realized in that instant, how it felt to be treated like …
Shaun Dixon inspires me with his abilities as a “can do it all” performer. Shaun is an amazing actor and he is also an incredible dancer and singing. It was an absolute joy working with Shaun at Dhar Mann Studios.
It was such a pleasure to work with Kaido Lee Roberts He is a natural on camera. Working with him on “Kid Makes Plane Land To Skip Test” and “13 Year Old Robs Church for Vision Pro” was a great experience.
The first time I worked with Skyler Simmons, he played my grandson in “13-Year-Old Robs Church For Vision Pro”. I did not discover until later that Skyler was not only an actor, but a model ad well.
Andy Amenechi is a filmmaker from Nigeria, who has over 30 years of experience in television, film and radio production Below is a clip from “Passionate Appeal” a Nigeriana film released in 2006, directed by Andy Amenechi. Passionate Appeal was my first time viewing an African movie. What an awakening!!! Seeing Africans living …
There are countless insights and understandings shared during this is video entitled, “Guillermo del Toro, Alejandro G. Iñárritu and Alfonso Cuarón in Three Amigos in Conversation.” I was touched by the thought that sometimes as creative artist, “That in order to move forward, we have to go back.” There are so many discoveries to be …
Boon Joon Ho is a South Korean filmmaker. He is the recipient of numerous accolades, Bong has won three Academy Awards, two British Academy Film Awards, and five Asian Film Awards. Parasite is a 2019 South Korean film directed by Bong Joon Ho, who co-wrote the screenplay with Han Jin-won. It stars Song Kang-ho, Lee …
These clips of Mr. John Cassavetes reveal a lot about his new and innovative way of looking at acting and filmmaking. There are sooo many insights that he shares that touched me. This is one of particularly powerful ones: “…what happens to artists is that…it’s not that somebody is standing in their way. It’s that …
There so many profound understandings that are shared by Mr. Ray in “How Satyajit Ray Directors A Film: The Director’s Chair. I appreciate this so very much: “I like simple themes. Simple emotional situations. I think simple things are more universal than complex ones. It’s all a matter of telling the story in the …
This brief clip has sooo many amazing reflections. Many of them could fuel an actor’s imagination and work for years to come. I greatly admire the artistic brillance of Gena Rowlands. The fact that she was also married to one of the greatest filmmakers of our times, adds to my admiration for her and …
Watching the artistry of Peter Falk as Columbo is one of my fondest childhood tv watching memories. For that reason, hearing how much respect and admiration he had for John Cassavetes has a more profound effect on me. The way he describes his experience working with Mr. Cassavetes is transformative: “…John’s approach to acting …
The way that Ben Gazzara speaks of Mr. Cassavetes and the beautiful connections he made with the actors on set was very inspiring to me. It reminded me of some of the wonderful experiences I have had on set. These are Mr. Gazzara’s words, “So by the time we got on the set, we …
I remember watching James Stewart in “It’s a Wonderful Life” many years ago and being moved by the movie’s profound message and by his powerful performance. As an actor, it’s wonderful having found this interview and being able to benefit from his wisdom and expertise. These words of Mr. Stewart’s are of great assistance to …
For most of my life, I have admired the actor, Marlon Brando. His work moves my heart and captives my imagination. In this interview, the iconic television host, Ed Sullivan interviews him. I believe, it is such a remarkable and memorable interview, based on the insights that are shared about Mr. Brando’s life and his …
This is such magnificent acting advise. What touch me most about what Mr. Poitier shared is “all of us, everybody you come to that age…where you’ve had all kinds of experiences in life, all kinds, embarrassment, fear, shame, anger, hostility, every conceivable emotion…none of us have experienced anything exclusive in that regard for actors that’s …